noun · femininefirst declension
līnea
līnea f (genitive līneae)
Classical[ˈliː.ne.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈliː.ne.a]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- A linen thread.
- The warp and weft during weaving.
- A fishing line.
- A plumbline.
- A bowstring.
- A geometric line [translating γραμμή (grammḗ)].
- A boundary line.
- A line of descent, a lineage.
- A line of thought; an outline, a sketch.
Primae Lineae Isagoges in Eruditionem Universalem
Introductions of a First Line into Universal Knowledge1756, Johann Matthias Gesner, (Please provide the book title or journal name):Nulla dies sine linea.
Pliny the Elder's Natural History77, Apelles
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
tenuis via quam manus in chartā dūcit; etiam fīlum tenue.līnea -ae f — in Mille Verba, Artēs et Litterae
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | līnea līneola | līneae līneolae |
| genitive | līneae līneolae | līneārum līneolārum |
| dative | līneae līneolae | līneīs līneolīs |
| accusative | līneam līneolam | līneās līneolās |
| ablative | līneā līneolā | līneīs līneolīs |
| vocative | līnea līneola | līneae līneolae |
līnĕa (līnĭa), ae, f. linum,
I. a linen thread, a string, line.
I. Lit.:
nectere lineas, restes, funes, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6: linia longinqua per os religata, Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59: ligato pede longā lineā gallina custoditur, Col. 8, 11, 15: linea margaritarum triginta quinque, Dig. 35, 2, 26; cf.: lineae duae ex margaritis, ib. 34, 2, 40; and ib. 9, 2, 27 fin.: linea dives (of the strings of pearls which were thrown among the people at the public games), Mart. 8, 78, 7 (cf. Suet. Ner. 11).—B. In partic.
1. In a net, the threads which form the meshes:
licia difficile cernuntur: atque ut in plagis lineae offensae, praecipitant in sinum (of spiders' webs), Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—b. Transf., a net, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145:
si feras lineis et pinna clusas contineas, Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.—2. A fishing-line:
tremulāve captum lineā trahit piscem, Mart. 3, 58, 27; 10, 30, 18.—Hence, prov.: mittere lineam, to cast a line, to fish for, try to catch a person, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 22.—3. A plumbline of masons and carpenters:
perpendiculo et lineā uti, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.: ad regulam et lineam, Vitr. 7, 3; 5, 3; Pall. 3, 9.—Hence, b. Ad lineam and rectā lineā, in a straight line, vertically, perpendicularly:
solida corpora ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147; of the layers of stone in a wall: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant, Caes. B. G. 7, 23: (ignis) rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolat, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—4. A region, tract:
linea tam rectum mundi ferit illa Leonem, that region lies directly under the lion, Luc. 10, 306.—5. A bowstring, Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.—
II. Transf., a thread-like stroke or mark made with a pen, pencil, etc., a line:
Apelli fuit perpetua consuetudo, numquam tam occupatam diem agendi, ut non, lineam ducendo, exerceret artem, quod ab eo in proverbium venit (namely, the proverb: nulla dies sine linea), Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84: lineam cinere ducere, id. 18, 33, 76, § 327: candida per medium folium transcurrens, id. 27, 11, 77, § 102: serra in praetenui linea premente harenas (of sawing marble), id. 36, 6, 9, § 51: nec congruebant ad horas ejus lineae (of the sundial), id. 7, 60, 60, § 214; Pers. 3, 4.—In geometry, a line: linea a nostris dicitur, quam γραμμὴν Graeci nominant. Eam M. Varro ita definit: Linea est, inquit, longitudo quaedam sine latitudine et altitudine, Gell. 1, 20, 7: locorum extremae lineae, Quint. 1, 10, 39: lineae, quae emittuntur ex centro, Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165; 2, 16, 13, § 64: linea circumcurrens, a circular line, circle, Quint. 1, 10, 41.—2. In partic.
(a). A boundary-line which consisted of a narrow path between fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes. —
(b). In gen., a way, path:
dedit sequendam calle recto lineam, Prud. Cath. 7, 48.— b. A barrier or line in the theatre, by which the seats were separated from each other:
quid frustra refugis? cogit nos linea jungi, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. A. A. 1, 139: lineas poscere, Quint. 11, 3, 133.—c. A feature, lineament:
adulti venustissimis lineis, Arn. 5, 179 al.—B. Trop.
1. A line of descent or kindred, lineage (post-class.): στέμματα cognationum directo limite in duas lineas separantur, quarum altera est superior, altera inferior, Dig. 38, 10, 9:
clara gentis Linea, Stat. S. 3, 3, 43: primo gradu superioris linea continentur pater, mater, Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1.—2. An outline, sketch, design (a fig. borrowed from painting):
quidam materias latius dicendo prosequebantur ... alii, cum primas modo lineas duxissent, Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 120: ea quae in Platonis oratione demiramur, non aemulari quidem, sed lineas umbrasque facere ausi sumus, Gell. 17, 20, 8.—3. A boundary-line, bound, limit, end, goal:
cum poëtae transilire lineas impune possint, Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 50: si quidem est peccare tamquam transire lineas, to go beyond the mark, pass the prescribed limits, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20: mors ultima linea rerum est, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79: admoveri lineas sentio, Sen. Ep. 49.—Hence, prov.: amare extremā lineā, to love at a distance, i. e. to see the beloved object only at a distance, not be able to speak to her, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
līnea (līnia) ae, f
lineus, a linen thread, string, line, plumb-line : perpendiculo et lineā uti: ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam, perpendicularly : saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant, in horizontal courses , Cs.: (ignis) rectis lineis subvolat, vertically.—A line, mark, bound, limit, goal : extremā lineā Amare haud nil est, i. e. to see the loved one at a distance , T.: cogit nos linea iungi, i. e. the boundary of the seats (in the theatre), O.—Fig.: est peccare tamquam transire lineas, to pass the mark : mors ultima linea rerum est, H.
Origins
From līneus (“flaxen; flaxen [thing]”), from līnum (“flax”).
Elsewhere
- Italianlinea
- Italianligna
- Portugueselinhafrom Old Galician-Portuguese linna
- Spanishliñafrom Old Spanish liña
- Romanianie
- Catalanlínia
- Englishlinea
- GermanLiniefrom Old High German linia
- Romanianlinie
- Spanishlínea
Old Occitan
- Catalanllinya
- Occitanlinha
Old French
- Frenchligne
Old Leonese
- Asturianllinia
- Mirandeselhinha
Serbo-Croatian
- Cyrillic scriptлинија
- Latin scriptlinija
In English words that came into English from līnea
- linearlīneāris
- lineagelīnea
- alignlineo
- delineatedēlīneātus
- lineamentlineamentum
- lineallīneālis
- linealīnea
- centrolinealcentrum
- lineolatelineola
- lineationlineatio
- lingellīnea
- patrilinepater
- matrilinemater
- lineatelīneātus
- linhalīnea